Friday, 15 June 2018 16:51:59 Europe/London

Holly Hibbott claimed an impressive victory in the second day of the 2018 Mare Nostrum Series meet in Barcelona.

The British swimmer broke away in the women's 400m freestyle to claim the victory in 4:10.43, holding off challenges from China's Bi Wenxin (4:11.97) and Italy's Giulia Salin (4:15.17).

Hibbott's fellow Brit James Guy also reached the podium on the final day - his time of 52.53 was fast enough for second place in the men's 100m butterfly behind Belarus swimmer Yauhen Tsurkin (52.34).

Two other British swimmers narrowly missed out on top-three finishes during the second day of action in Barcelona.

Plymouth's Laura Stephens (2:10.57) was fourth in the women's 200m butterfly, while Scottish swimmer Duncan Scott (1:49.18) also had to settle for fourth in the men's 200m freestyle.

Meanwhile, Siobhan-Marie O'Connor came fifth in the women's 200m medley in a time of 2:13.21.

Other British swimmers to reach finals on day two included Brodie Williams (4:27.26) who was seventh in the men's 400m medley, and and Jessica Fullalove (2:13.98) who was seventh in the women's 200m backstroke.

Elsewhere on day two, Japan's Ippei Watanabe edged ever closer to his men's 200m breaststroke world record on his way to victory. Watanabe clocked a winning time of 2:07.74, which is the fastest official time in the world so far this year.